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Fusion
Splicing Process
During fusion, the fibers are joined together and subjected to five different currents
as illustrated below. An important parameter, which changes during splicing, is
the distance between the fibers. During Pre-fusion, the fibers are apart. With the
current phase changing, fibers are spliced gradually.
The most important splicing parameters are the time and current, each current
phase is shown below, that the name and function and other parameters are
important to the splice process are described under “Parameters for Normal
Splicing Process” on the next page.
The following figure shows the discharge conditions (The relationship between the
“discharge intensity" and "motor move"). We can change the splicing parameters
listed below to change the discharge conditions.
A: pre-fuse power B: Arc power C: cleaning Arc
D: pre-fuse time E: Arc time F: Overlap
G: Taper wait time H: Taper time related to taper length I: Taper speed
Diagram of ARC discharge condition
